The Summit

On October 10th 2024, and with the generous assistance of HP Canada, Clean50 Summit 14.0 connected 144 of Canada’s leading authorities on sustainability, clean tech, and low carbon economies to each other, and to political and industry leaders. The Summit introduced 25 Clean50 Alumni to 98% of the incoming Canada’s 2025 Clean50 Honourees from every province in Canada, plus Nunavut, all 20 of the 2025Emerging Leaders, 5 new winners of the Clean50 Lifetime Achievement Award, and most of the project leaders from the 25 winning Clean50 Top Projects teams.

Together this group of forward-looking achievers spent a full day working in cross sectoral teams to discuss ways in which collectively, we can help Canadians better understand the urgent need for action presented by carbon induced climate change, while advancing Canada’s prosperity in a sustainable fashion, and debating solutions to the most pressing climate-change-induced problems.

Over lunch, our Top Project honourees received their awards, and five then made a 5 minute-and-a-single-slide rapid-fire presentation to 143 Clean50 “dragons” – who later voted for their favourites and ultimately crowned this year’s “Clean50 Top Project of the Year”

The Summit was hosted on the traditional lands of (among others) the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.

After a cocktail reception, Honourees were treated to an award dinner that included few speeches and lots of accolades for incoming Clean50 individual and Emerging Leader Honourees.

We look forward to another amazing day of inspiration, connection, and recognition of our sustainability heroes in 2025.

The Clean50 Summit was powered by office / conference supplies from sustainability leader Staples, with water from FLOW served in recyclable containers.

PROVISIONAL SUMMITT AGENDA for Summit 15 – Fall 2025

For Facilitators and Facilitator Assistants

  • 7:30   (or earlier as advised): Facilitators and facilitator assistants arrive on site
  • 7:30   Coffee served for Facilitators, assistants and volunteers,
  • 7:45   mock / training session begins

FOR MOST PARTICIPANTS

  • 9:00-10:00 Delegates register, sign up for their preferred 3rd session, peruse poster descriptions of the 25 Top Projects and project descriptions in the booklet, enjoy a coffee, light continental breakfast, and greet fellow honourees and alumni as they arrive
  • 10:00 Welcome greetings from Gavin Pitchford (Delta Management), HP Canada and special guests, plus explanation of the day’s process. Please be sure to be in the south end of the site near the coffee bar at 10:10
  • 10:30 Participants move to assigned work group area
  • 10:35-12:05 Workgroup 1 – facilitated networking: 12 groups of 12 people solve 12 different problems
  • 12:05-1:35 Lunch, Project awards, Top 5 Projects pitch for the Project of the Year Award
  • 1:45-3:25 Workgroup 2 – engage on a different topic with an entirely different set of the Clean50
  • 3:30-3:45  Coffee & move to final session
  • 3:50-4:55  Final workgroup – as self-selected on the morning of, the final work group connects leaders who want to talk about their specific topic.
  • 4:55-5:00 Feedback on day reported to last facilitator
  • 5:00-5:10  All Participants review Project panels,  and vote for Top Project, review ideas from the day
  • 5:10  After voting, participants may then exchange their empty ballot folder for drink tickets!
  • 5:15-6:30 networking, open bar (for voters!) compliments of Delta Management & Southbrook
  • 6:15-6:30  Group Pictures – weather permitting, on the outdoor patio overlooking the city.
  • 6:30  Enter dining room – Round 1 of awards
  • Clean50 individual awards will be handed out through dinner, beginning with the Emerging Leaders and continuing by category, finishing with special awards,
  • 9:20 – 9:30 Awards and Dinner conclude as Clean50 Top Project of the Year announced.  Draws for valuable prizes.
  • 9:30-10:00 Networking and wind down
  • 10:00 Time to go!

Dinner Only participants:  (5:15 PM – 10 PM)  A limited number of tickets are available for family / colleagues of honourees. Dinner participants are free to participate in the networking session starting at 5:15 PM.

** Dinner guests are asked to avoid photo-bombing the Clean50 group pictures**

Seating for the awards  & dinner will begin at 6:30 PM sharp.